Reviews: TRACKER

Users say:

I really enjoy the ease of use that comes with using the Cartographer and Tracker/Atlas software. I am currently living in Japan, and have purchased GPS friendly map books that I scan and use Cartographer to create GPS encoded .pdb files for my Tungsten T3. The Cartographer does an excellent job of dividing my full page scans into families of easily managed files and

Bruce Ross-Sheriff
I have been away from the city for some time, and have collected quite a lot of data using Tracker for a humanitarian program I am working in. (Helping returning refugees in mountain areas to build houses/shelters against the coming winter. Tracks are important, as there are few roads and fewer maps, and we work over vast areas, so Tracker is a great tool to make our program more effective.)

Palmgear review by Tony D. Guzewicz, April 2002
This is an absolute essential for any GPS user. The beauty of it is that you can scan any map where ever you are and not have to worry about purchasing maps that will only work with that specific application. Support is excellent too. Every time I had a question, I received a response within 24 hours. Now I'm looking forward to VFS support –have been added in the 5.1 version-. Great job.

sci.geo.satellite-nav posting by Allen
GPS Tracker for the Palm
After looking for months I've finally found an application that really utilizes the possibilities of connecting 3com's PalmPilot to a GPS device. This application is called GPS Tracker and is available on the WWW site http://www.GPSpilot.com
This application allows you to do many things, but the feature that attracted me to it most is the ability to take waypoints with the pilot. You can also load pre-made waypoint lists that have points for hundreds of cities, organized by state. This allows you to use the track feature to find your distance and ETA to your destination. There is no road data in these lists, but having the cities, and knowing where you are in relation to the city is pretty helpful for such a small package.
Another interesting point, is the fact that you can attach notes, and drawing to waypoints, along with the ability to use long names with spaces to describe them.
Overall I am really pleased with the application, and I think the registration fee was very little to pay for such great software.
I would also like to state that I'm not affiliated with the author, and I'm not receiving any compensation for this review. I just really liked the software, and I want other people to use it. That way I can be assured of it continued development.

alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot posting by James D. Heckelman
I have used Tripmate, and it really works great. The DeLorme receiver is excellent, usually always locking on to 4 satellites during travel in the Midwest.
Also, I just purchased GPS Tracker from GPSpilot.com. This software is used with the DeLorme GPS Receiver that comes with Tripmate, and indicates your direction, traces your path and shows your position relative to cities (if your state map is loaded).
Waypoints can be loaded, and maps can be named and saved. This allows the DeLorme GPS receiver, along with the PalmPilot, to be used as a personal navigation device for hiking, etc. as the scale can be changed from a few feet to hundreds of miles. So far, I am very pleased with this product.

John W. Earnest, Jr., from Biosystems & Agriculture Engineering Department
After I received your apps, I put about 20 hours in working with them. I have one word, Impressive! This tool is good enough to put in my GIS/GPS tool box that contains my ArcView, AutoCad, & FarmWorks applications. I reviewed your apps fr use in the area of precision agriculture; the user could be a research/extension professional (i.e., scientist, specialist, engineer, technician, etc.), agriculturist, grower, or farmer. The Palm III would be used to receive positional data from a DGPS receiver during field (backpack or light vehicle) operations in place of a notebook PC (which has limited battery power, is bulky, and has to be handled with care). The PDA & DGPS system would be used for logging soil sampling locations, major boundary points & objects, & survey control points.

• Ease of use
• Ability to record data points & transfer to a PC & back again
• Ability to add comments to each recorded data point
• Ability to record both specific data points & route tracks

Your app(s) are way above other PDA apps (both CE & 3Com) for affordability and is not limited by proprietary data formats. There are a very few PDA (both WinCE & PalmPilot) apps that are fair priced and ALLOW FOR RECORDING & EXCHANGE OF DATA w/ a PC (especially in a non-proprietary format). A lot of others apps allow a user only to download canned data to a PDA with no ability to manually input data and backload to a PC.
With this version, I am going to replace our notebook PC with the Palm III & GPS Tracker as our system for collecting DGPS positional data.
Because the area of Prec Ag is just still an emerging technology, 'off-the-shelf' technology is still heavily relied upon to further develop this area. To help the process along, the senior member of our team has a Prec Ag web site that provides references & identifies sources for documents, hardware, software, suppliers, etc. who best support Prec Ag. I will list your software, along with the 3Com's PDA, as tool that can be used in recording positional data.

Palmgear review by John Popp, January 2001
I think that this product was the best thing to happen to the palm since the rechargeable battery. Loading and using this product couldn't be more simple. I am not sure what that other guys problem is but take it from me it is worth your fifty bucks. It may have been the best fifty dollars i have ever spent. If the trail version isnt to your liking give the registered version a chance it gets better once you pay the money!

PalmGear review by Eric Gasber, August 2000
PRO: Very good program, very flexible and you really can put in any map anywhere, with any detail level. CON: Figuring out HOW to install map files is challenging, but worth the effort.<BR>Map foot print is small compared to digital maps (rand mcnally/Delorme), but my experience is that it is easier to use during a actual trip than other software. I use this as my primary mapping software.

Press and awards:

Eurocool   June 2002

ZDNet 4 Stars Editor Pick GPS Pilot Tracker, March 2000
GPS Tracker lets you display B&W and color (if your Palm supports it) maps for traveling. When connected to a GPS receiver it can display your current position and moves, and also record your route. It offers easy scrolling and zooming. The Preferences menu lets you select the units in which the distance, speed and altitude will be displayed; as well as the types of information (landmarks, cities, airports) that will be displayed. Location information can be displayed as an icon or as a text marker. If a GPS receiver is connected, the title bar displays GPS navigational information such as current heading, speed, and altitude. This demo version gives you only a "keyhole" view of the maps, the registered version provides the full view.
Requirements: Palm OS 2.0. Purchase Information: Demo: $50 for retail version.

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